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La Belgique ne peut signer le premier traité transatlantique commercial
Retour sur une journée d’actions et de rencontres ministérielles visant 6 gouvernements belges.
TTIP: Malmström and Froman fail to unlock talks on tariff liberalisation and public procurement
The EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and her American counterpart, US Trade Representative Michael Froman have failed to agree on a date for possible exchange of revised offers on tariffs.
Vietnam to lose $77 million of tax revenue each year due to free trade pacts
The government has estimated that it will lose around US$77 million of tax revenue annually between 2016 and 2025, when new free trade agreements take effect and eliminate a majority of import duties.
Car industry 'buried report revealing US car safety flaws over fears for TTIP deal'
The motor industry has been accused of withholding a report that reveals US cars are substantially less safe than European vehicles - for fear that the findings would hamper the drive to harmonise safety standards as part of the controversial TTIP deal.
ANALYSIS: does the Commission’s new proposal mark the end of ISDS?
Examining the key points under the new ‘International Court System’ in TTIP
EU commission ISDS proposal a threat to democracy and civil rights
The European Commission has published its investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform proposal for the EU-US trade agreement under negotiation (TTIP), which institutionalises discrimination.
EU expands Tunisia olive oil import quota ahead of free trade talks
With its announcement on 17 September 2015 that it is expanding its import quota on Tunisian olive oil, the European Union is preparing the ground for fresh free trade talks with the North African country.
Election 2015: Talking about seed and trade
Recognizing the inherent rights of farmers to save seed and putting the interest of canada's food and farmers ahead of corporate interests.
Cooperating to deregulate
In the EU institutions, a strategy to roll back “burdensome regulation” for businesses, has been unfolding for the better part of 15 years, and recently, this “Better Regulation Agenda” has been stepped up. This context combined with Regulatory Cooperation under TTIP could open up a new phase of hyper-deregulation.
Pacific leaders want EPA negotiations to resume
Explore all options is the instructions Pacific leaders have told officials who are negotiating an economic partnership agreement with the European Union.